Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 44
e, it could not be affirmed that the syllables uttered by thehuman voice could be so reproduced, since nothing was known of them,except that some were uttered by the teeth, others by the lips, and so on.The status of the telephone then, according to Bourseul, was that voice couldbe reproduced at a… … THOMAS ALVA EDISON. WONDERS OF ELECTRICITY 33 ply voice was one thing; to transmit the timbre or quality of speech wasanother. Bourseul made plain the problem that was still before the investigator.And now comes one of the most remarkable episodes in the history of elec-tricity, — a chapter of…
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